Event Type
Dramatic
Event Details
Troupe: Enchanted Beauties Troupe
Troupe: Cowell, Sam
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Princess' Theatre
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Princess' Theatre
Date
-
Date notes
dates approximate; number of performances unknown
Casting
Cowell, Samseems to have sung minstrel songs at Evans' (London, 1848); needs verification
Event Program
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4
| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Neal | included as part of 'The Enchanted Beauties...' (performer unknown) |
Song | ||||
| Enchanted Beauties of the Golden Castle, or Harlequin & the One-eyed Ogre | Cowell | SamCowell | Casting: |
Play, Pantomime |
Bibliographic Sources
- Theatrical Journal (London) January 16, 1847: 17:1-18:1.Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Dramatic
- Performers Listed: Beverley, Sara [Sam?] Cowell, Miss Burbidge (Columbine), Bologna (Harlequin), Flexmore, (clown)
- Venue Name: Princess’s Theatre
- Other Acts on Bill: “a drama by Bernard ‘Blanche de Valmy,’ Rodwell’s ‘Maids of Munich,’, professor Hemming’s a la Risley performances
- Program Info: “the crowning dish, the Pantomime … ‘The Enchanted Beauties of the Golden Castle, or, Harlequin and the One-eyed Ogre’”, which includes all of the following: the song “Lucy Neal” sung “in a ruined Egyptian temple”, Sara [Sam?] Cowell as Prince Herain [singing] an amusing Yankee ditty with a true trans-Atlantic nasal twang”, and a trick in which a “box labelled ‘French gloves’ has its label altered to ‘black kids’, from whence spring Ethiopian babies with faces as ‘black’ as night.”
- Other: audience, description/review, reception